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I知 Joe; I知 a 20 year old guy who lives in FL.
I drive a 04 "Panda STi". ...

New STi Guy.

Hey Guys.
I知 Joe; I知 a 20 year old guy who lives in FL.

I drive a 04 "Panda STi". I picked it up in December of '09 after spending about 5 months looking for one (I made the mistake of test driving one at a dealer one day) getting screwed by dealers and losing out on private sales because school got in the way

Its needed a lot of TLC and I've been busting my ass to get it 100% and running right. Hopefully I only have a few more things to work out before its good again. Im hoping I can get some wisdom from here that will help me out

All that gives me 421awhp to the wheels and 396lbs torque @ approx 23psi which is definitely enough to float my boat for now I definately wouldn't mind going further in a couple years when I dont owe as much.

23 psi on stock internals Thats sounds like a recipe for disaster. But nonetheless its a sweet looking car and a solid mods list

Yeah the old owner wasn't exactly the brightest bulb out there. After he had a misfire on cyl 4 he just coughed up for a new block and new internals instead of getting built.
They got about 14,000 miles on em right now. Im praying I can get another 17,000 off of them. I would like to be built in the next year or two though.

That's awesome... some expensive parts on there too! Overall the mod list looks pretty good! Too bad he didn't pay the extra 300 for some damned pistons and rods

Yeah he was a wierd one alright. About two months before he decided to sell the car it was sitting on a set of Gunmetal gram light pro 57s.
If he could afford that then why the hell not some upgraded internals? Sheesh.

Then again he did pretty much sell the shirt off his back to make the car what it is. If he actually DID things right he probably wouldn't have dug himself in a hole

Anyways thanks for all the welcomes guys! Hopefully I can meet some fellow local Scooby guys here. All it seems to be here is Evos left and right. Not that I got anything agasint 'em. But its cool to mingle with your own kind once in a while

well, I'm up in Englewood. Don't have a subie yet, but, am planning to in the near future, so, you're not so far...lol

Nice looking car. I swear, every picture I see of one makes me want one that much more

Also...I'm with you on the EVOs. In Sarasota thats all there is as well, here in Englewood theres 90 year olds in Cadillacs...haha.

Well we got a lot of old guys here that's for sure. Im pretty sure they all hate my car (I know my grandma does LOL)

Also thats kind of how I was when I first learned about em. Every time I saw a nice picture of one I was just like "damn! I gotta get my hands on one". Then you test drive one and its all over...you get hooked like a kid on crack

Originally Posted by cjm1991

Very cool car. Id take it easy till you get some new pistons. Looks awesome.

Chris

Thanks! Right now I pretty much just drive it to work and scool and thats it. No track or beating on it

welp wasnt me that's for sure. Most likely wasnt on the new motor either because the guy never put the tranny back in right when he replaced it so it was kind of just
(barely) hanging there...haha

I knew there was some things that were gonna have to be fixed but hey I got the car for a bargain. After having it inspected the only thing left is the flywheel and clutch are messed up. They never got adjusted right so I got flywheel chatter (even after adjusting them). Not too big of an issue

Last edited by wo^tron; 07-09-2010 at 02:28 AM.

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